Printing from Mac via SMB 10.8+

Note: Printing only works when you are on a Nebraska network.

Open System Preferences. Either click on the Apple Menu on the main menu bar at the top of the screen and then select System Preferences, or bring up spotlight by holding down ⌘-space and then typing System Preferences

Click on the "+" button on the lower left to start the process of adding a new printer

In the "Add" dialog, right click the bar at the top. and click, Customize Toolbar.

If you are running 10.8, 10.9 or 10.10, setup an advanced printer as show. The printer Type is "Windows printer via spoolss". In the URL, use the short name and type in smb://csnt.unl.edu/PRINTER. Replace PRINTER with one of the printer names shown below. For example, if you wanted to print to the pinter in Avery 15, you'd use Avery-ps15. To see a list of printers you have access to, go to: http://cse.unl.edu/check. Finally, for Name, give it something memorable. It's only an identifier. Finally for the Print Using option, select generic postscript.

Click add. Your printer should now be added. Print a test page to make sure everything works.

When you print to this printer for the first time, you will be prompted for your login and password. Prefix your cse loginID with the windows domain "cs.unl.edu" as shown below. Check the "Remember this password in my keychain" checkbox as shown.

When you change your CSE password

When you change your Windows password, you will need to launch the keychain utility and delete the stored old password for this printer. The keychain record, will be found in the "Login" keychain, in the "Passwords" category and will be named the same as the printer name, simply select this record and delete this entry. The next time you print you will be prompted for the new password which must be entered as described above.

Setting up Mac Mail on OSX 10.8+ (legacy users)

Select "Mail" from the menu bar, then select preferences. Or use the keyboard command. "cmd+,"

This brings up the preferences dialog, Select the "Accounts" tab on the top of the window. When presented with the accounts window click the plus button in the lower left corner to add a new account.

Select "Add Other mail account" and click on "Continue"

Fill in the required information. Please use your full name, CSE email address, CSE password and click on "Create".

Make sure "Account Type" of IMAP is selected and the mail server is "cse-mail.unl.edu". Enter your CSE login for the User Name and click on "Next" Note that the login does not have the "@cse.unl.edu" specified.

On the next screen enter "Mail" as the path prefix and make sure "use SSL" is selected then click "Next". Note The "Path Prefix" is a subfolder on your home directory where mail fodlers are kept. If not specified, your mail folders will be kept on your home directory.

For the outgoing mail server, again enter cse-mail.unl.edu and your CSE login and password and click "Create"

A new mail account, will be shown on the preferences tab. Close the preferences tab to complete setup on your mail.

Connecting to your home directory from a Mac from off campus

The simpler method to access your home directory(Z: drive) from off-campus is to use an SFTP client like Cyberduck. This will allow you to easily transfer files between your cse.unl.edu account to your local computer. While a free version of Cyberduck is available online, users are cautioned to be mindful to download Cyberduck from a reputable source - as the source code is readily available online and can thus be easily modified and made venerable. A version is also available thru the Mac App Store as a paid app. We recommend the paid app store version as it ensures the source as reputable.

To actually mount your files from an off-campus account you will need to configure a VPN client and then follow the instructions on mounting your drive from on campus. Both of these topics are discussed in other sections of this FAQ.

Connecting to your home directory from a Mac on campus

On the Main menu bar, Click on the "Go" pull down menu and select "Connect to Server". The keyboard short cut is ⌘-K

In the Server Address field enter: "smb://cse-smb1.unl.edu/login_id" without the quotes and where login_id would be your CSE login ID. Click on "Connect"

In the popup authorization dialog, make sure the Registered User checkbox is selected and enter your CSE credentials.
Your cse login must be in the form: "CS.UNL.EDU\login_id" without the quotes and where login_id is your CSE login ID. Click connect.